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title: guarantee — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «guarantee» in the school dictionary: A guarantee is a promise that something will happen or will work. To guarantee means to promise it surely. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# guarantee

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**Who acts:** guarantee, something, many socks, shop, many marbles, watch · **What happens:** be, happen, work, guarantee, mean, promise · **To what, where:** promise, written promise, something, matching pair, toy, 2 red ones · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«guarantee» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [guarantee in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/guarantee.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A guarantee is a promise that something will happen or will work. To guarantee means to promise it surely.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* A guarantee is a promise that something will happen or will work.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guarantee:m1:1
# text = A guarantee is a promise that something will happen or will work.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guarantee	guarantee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	nsubj	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a guarantee | a promise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | future | something | a promise *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **work** | future | something *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* To guarantee means to promise it surely.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guarantee:m1:2
# text = To guarantee means to promise it surely.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	guarantee	guarantee	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	promise	promise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guarantee** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | promise |  |  |  | surely *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A guarantee is also a shop's written promise to fix or replace something if it breaks within a certain time.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guarantee:m2:1
# text = A guarantee is also a shop's written promise to fix or replace something if it breaks within a certain time.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guarantee	guarantee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	replace	replace	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
14	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	obj	_	_
15	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
18	within	within	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a guarantee | a shop's written promise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fix** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **replace** | infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme something=Co-Theme |
| 5 | **break** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | guarantee |  |  |  | time |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
How many socks must you take to guarantee a matching pair?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guarantee:x1:1
# text = How many socks must you take to guarantee a matching pair?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	guarantee	guarantee	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	matching	match	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | must | many socks |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **guarantee** | to-infinitive |  | a matching pair |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition pair=Theme |
| 3 | **match** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The shop guarantees the toy for 2 years.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guarantee:x2:1
# text = The shop guarantees the toy for 2 years.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	guarantees	guarantee	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guarantee** | present | the shop | the toy |  |  | year |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition toy=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
How many marbles must she pick to guarantee 2 red ones?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guarantee:x3:1
# text = How many marbles must she pick to guarantee 2 red ones?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	marbles	marble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	guarantee	guarantee	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | must | many marbles |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **guarantee** | to-infinitive | many marbles *not said here* | 2 red ones |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition one=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The farmer is guaranteed $3 a box.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guarantee:x4:1
# text = The farmer is guaranteed $3 a box.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	guaranteed	guarantee	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	$	$	SYM	$	_	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guarantee** | present · passive |  | the farmer |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary $=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The watch has a one-year guarantee.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guarantee:x5:1
# text = The watch has a one-year guarantee.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	guarantee	guarantee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the watch | a year guarantee |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guarantee=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
There is no guarantee that it will be sunny tomorrow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guarantee:x6:1
# text = There is no guarantee that it will be sunny tomorrow.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	guarantee	guarantee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | no guarantee |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | future | guarantee | no guarantee *not said here* |  |  | tomorrow | sunny *property* | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Practice does not guarantee a win, but it helps.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guarantee:x7:1
# text = Practice does not guarantee a win, but it helps.
1	Practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	guarantee	guarantee	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	win	win	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **guarantee** | present · do-support | Practice | a win |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition win=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | present | Practice |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bike was still under guarantee, so they fixed it for free.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guarantee:x8:1
# text = The bike was still under guarantee, so they fixed it for free.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	guarantee	guarantee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	fixed	fix	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the bike |  |  | guarantee | still |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fix** | past | they | bike |  |  |  | for free | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Product for free=Beneficiary |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Preparedness for war is the best guarantee of peace.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guarantee:x9:1
# text = Preparedness for war is the best guarantee of peace.
1	Preparedness	preparedness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	guarantee	guarantee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Preparedness for war | the best guarantee |  |  |  | of peace | tree rules |

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